Archive for January, 2008

Hasbro, the makers of Monopoly, is launching a new “Here & Now World Edition” and is inviting everyone around the world to vote for the greatest cities around the globe. The 22 cities with the highest worldwide votes will make it onto one global Monopoly board.
At the moment it’s looking like a “Who’s Who” [...]

Interesting links for 13 Jan 08 - 26 Jan 08:

SA traffic lights to go solar - Looks like SA is heading in the right direction towards sorting out the power issues. The government has finally agreed that there is an electrical emergency and now the introduction of solar powered ‘robots’. In theory, all street [...]

If you’re living in SA at the moment, and having to live through Eskom’s “load shedding“, then you’ll be pleased to know you can print off a schedule for your area (assuming you’re an Eskom customer) and stick it up on the fridge. I’d say just refer to the Eskom site, but I’ve heard [...]

In a bid to improve my photography skills, I’m attempting to take and upload a new photo each week. This will also be a good way for me to track how my skills improve.

Ice crystals formed on the roof of my car after a wet day, and cold clear night.

This is a quite a funny, and pretty good marketing book from Microsoft. You can read it online too.

Oooo, I like. I think I best start saving.
Update: Ok, I don’t think I want one anymore now that I’ve read into it a bit more. It looks lovely, but it has a lot of limitations.

This isn’t your average yob trying to be creative. No, this is the work of the well known vandal street artist, Banksy. Banksy has built himself quite a reputation of being a creative street artist (and making a lot of money off it), and not just someone making his mark, and this is no [...]

Next time you get the chance, take note of how you or someone else eats a KitKat. Notice something? People always eat KitKats (except for the chunkies) by breaking off the fingers and eating them one at a time. Why?
On the topic of KitKats, according to the KitKat branding website…
Big kicking former England rugby [...]

The speeding fine system being used in South Africa is pretty impressive, very advanced and certainly puts the UK to shame. Whilst they’re not as kind about making the cameras highly visible, like they are in the UK, they certainly do make it easy for you to confirm it definitely was your car and cough [...]

Interesting links for 4 Dec 07 - 10 Jan 08:

Government rejects elephants for pets e-petition - Killjoys!!! I was quite keen on being able to have a little bit of Africa in my back garden (when I get one. A garden that is).
Man’s death unnoticed for a year - Wow!! A whole year before [...]